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Alcatel-Lucent supports launch of world's first commercial trial of mobile TV service based on the Open Mobile Alliance's BCAST Smartcard Profile
Aug 20, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced its support for the world's first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)'s new BCAST Smartcard Profile by MobileOne (M1) and MediaCorp in Singapore.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, MobileOne, MediaCorp, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Mobile, Singapore

Vuclip Unveils New Personalized Mobile Video Search and Delivery Service
Aug 19, 2008 – Vuclip allows users to search for any Internet video, transcoding that video on the fly and optimizing it for each handset to ensure the best video viewing experience.
News categories: Vuclip, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Streaming

CCTV.com Uses Envivio Video Encoders to Launch Beijing IPTV Service In Time for 2008 Olympics
Aug 19, 2008 – Envivio has announced that the new media platform of China's largest television network, China Central Television (CCTV), has launched its IPTV service pilot in Beijing in time for the start of the Olympic Games using 80 Envivio 4Caster encoders.
News categories: Envivio, CCTV, China, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV

BigBand Networks Brings Switched Digital Video To Digeo's Moxi HD-DVR Platform
Aug 19, 2008 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ: BBND) and Digeo have announced that Digeo's Moxi High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD-DVR) will be integrated with BigBand's switched digital video (SDV) solution.
News categories: BigBand Networks, Digeo, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

KPN broadcasts high-quality television to mobile
Aug 19, 2008 – Dutch mobile users can now watch a choice of 10 TV channels thanks to the MobielTV service launched nationwide by KPN (Amsterdam:KPN). Nokia (NYSE:NOK; Helsinki:NOK1V) and Nokia Siemens Networks joined forces to enable the service.
News categories: KPN, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Netherlands

IPTV Equipment Posts Aggressive Growth in Q2 2008
Aug 15, 2008 – Synergy Research Group (SRG) has announces the availability of the Synergy Q2 2008 IPTV Market Share report, which shows the overall IPTV equipment market growing 30.3 percent year over year.
News categories: Synergy Research Group, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Brazil - Cisco and Ericsson to run IPTV trials for GVT
Aug 13, 2008 – GVT (São Paulo:GVTT3) has announced the two finalists of its RFP process to upgrade its platform for IPTV. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) have been selected to run trials of the service at around the end of this year.
News categories: GVT, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

World's First Solution for Targeted Advertising over Mobile TV on display at IBC 2008
Aug 12, 2008 – Packet Vision and UDcast have announced what they believe to be the world's first solution for targeted television advertising over mobile TV. The first public presentation of their technology will take place at this year's IBC.
News categories: Packet Vision, UDcast, Advertising, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Mobile

SIDSA features its latest multiplatform solutions at IBC
Jul 30, 2008 – SIDSA will showcase its activity in the fields of Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile TV and Conditional Access during IBC. The company will bring its latest innovations to the show, from demodulator chipsets to complete fully interoperable turn-key solutions.
News categories: SIDSA, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial